abruptly resigned instead of. before even coming here i sent my letter of resignation to the president. the resignation it a week of political tension in haiti most people from the middle class to the poor say the prime minister who had only been in office seventeen months needed to go and the calls for him to do so grew louder by the day that the gas price hike and reversal were just seen as another sign of an ineffective government as eventual downfall came on a day of tension in the capital. the streets there were protests not nearly as large as the ones last week that turned violent but still anger at the government and coals for more resignations delay oh you know you have. this is also a message to the lawmakers a warning to everyone telling them to be very careful our problem is not only with the ex prime minister but to everyone in this corrupt system including the

president. was going on in parliament that day of confusion members of the chamber of deputies yelling at each other as they debated the prime minister's future before they knew he was going to step down but after calm was restored in the prime minister resigned they focused on what it all meant. now we need a new government one that inspires confidence with all sectors we need someone who understands the political dynamic that works across the board we need big changes that can have systemic. currently has no functioning government right now now that law has stepped down all of his ministers go with him so what happens next it will be the president as well as the two heads of the parliament that will decide who the next prime minister will be. left parliament quickly after stepping down without taking questions the country now hoping the political chaos of the last week also goes with him. to port au prince.

head on fears that many nigerians will go hungry as floods wash away crops and farmland. in the really good old alberto safe for free from a scene in nicaragua but there's no end in sight to months of unrest. hello once again we'll take a look at weather conditions across asia and in northeastern areas see this area of cloud just moving across northern parts of china thus being responsible for some really heavy rain here the last twenty four hours i think it's like to be dry in the forecast in fact as you move across towards japan is looking fine here across much of the country move very hot and humid temps in the mid thirty's for many fine

conditions across the korean peninsula and a frontal system likely to give some heavy rain for beijing and that's led to persist here in the course of choose they still fine for both north and south korea and still hot and humid for japan as we head down into central and southern parts of china you see a massive cloud here we've had some very heavy rain all the way towards me i'm our big rainfall totals here and likely to continue indeed is looking pretty wet across the bulk of indo china vietnam also seeing heavy downpours and heavy rain is likely for hong kong under this circulation and as we move through towards choosing see it begins to weaken but it's still there for the north fuzhou in shanghai should be dry and fine it is southeastern parts of asia heavy rain for northern parts of the philippines in particular but you're borneo dry and it should be fine across java thirty two the high in jakarta.

on july fourteenth. two thousand and sixteen or an attack on the city a day in nice change people's lives are at. least as killed at least sixty people. two years on al-jazeera world meets the french muslim families who lost their loved ones. truck attack a nice an al-jazeera. again you're watching edge there reminder of our top stories a curfews been imposed in the iraqi city of basra after police use water cannon and

tear gas on protesters who tried to storm a government building people have been demonstrating over the past week against high living costs and a lack of basic services. efficient world cup handover ceremonies taking place in moscow before sunday's final russia's president and qatar's emir took to the stage in a show of unity as president led the symbolic change in host status will host the tournament in two thousand and twenty two. israel has reportedly accepted any chips in brokered ceasefire with hamas after an escalation of violence in gaza on saturday israel targeted the group with what it says were its most powerful daytime air strikes since the twenty fourth. at least two palestinian teenagers were killed . our rebels in southern syria say jets have bombed an opposition held town in the province it is the first strike in a year meanwhile

a convoy of humanitarian aid has reached government help parts of southwest syria three thousand food passes of been dropped off in towns in dead our province the government recaptured most of the area from rebels after a two week bombing campaign the fighting forced about three hundred thousand people to leave their homes. a u.s. president on tramp is expected to fly to finland on sunday ahead of a summit with the russian leader vladimir putin trump insists he will meet putin alone and that's worrying diplomats more from our diplomatic editor james space. helsinki a city that joining the cold war was used as one of the few places where western allies and the soviet union could talk some believe relations are almost at a cold war level again yet one leader keeps talking up the positive and i said putin may be the easiest of the more you never know the biggest blow to relations

was russia's seizure of crimea from ukraine the first time a part of one country had been stolen by another in europe since world war two at the time it was condemned by the us nato and the u. . however in recent days to news conferences in belgium and the u.k. president trump was asked if russia should give back crimea and each time he dodged the question what will happen with crimea from this point on that i can't tell you well we'll have to see what happens far from here the syrian war seems to be entering its final phases the assad regime would support from its allies iran and russia has the upper hand the u.s. and israel want to reduce iranian presence in the country and its influence in the region could there be a grand bargain in the works. only days ago israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was in moscow putin could perhaps persuade

a sad to ask you rahm to leave his country trump could lift objections to russia's control of crimea far fetched perhaps but just listen to the way the ukrainian ambassador to the u.n. is clinging to previous statements by members of the u.s. administration on crimea i think that. that will come from several times by the book but by many many other u.s. official thrum. mr bolton to be the the the spokesman for the white house and and many other. officials who come from the principal ball those who are supposed to assume that the illegal invasion of crimea below should never be recognized remarkably for part of this summit in finland's presidential palace trump is likely to meet putin alone just as he did in singapore with kim jong un in june the u.s. is closest allies are worried what this most unpredictable president might agree to

behind these walls james plays al-jazeera helsinki and the british prime minister theresa may has revealed a piece of advice the u.s. president gave her on bragg's it sued the european union and don't go into negotiations. criticize mays plan for braggs it in a newspaper interview that was published during his u.k. visit he said he told me what to do about breaks it but she didn't listen and her plan could kill a trade deal with the u.s. late he later wrote back on his criticism and said a trade deal could be done sagna gago has more from london. given the amount of times that the us president has actually managed to do about a complete u. turn and on many things in this visit i think she's sort of took it within her stride and perhaps with a pinch of salt because then he rolled back that idea and told her later on that what she shouldn't do is walk away from the negotiations otherwise she would be

stuck really clearly indicative of the kind of of activity and behavior that we've seen from the u.s. president this entire trip where there have been so many cross messages that have completely opposed each other it's very difficult to sort of exactly make out what he would advise her to do but one could almost imagine him saying that in that very sort of reality t.v. star way that he should just sue the e.u. as if the that is simply a matter of a very simplistic proportions there but i think in this case the prime minister did manage to handle it well and she did make underline the fact that this white paper that came out last week was the vision that they were going to be taking to the e.u. and she did say that donald trump did in fact come around to that vision so perhaps there's some ports that some support for her on that matter for two hundred university students in nicaragua have been freed after church where they've taken

refuge they were among a group of people who were occupying a university campus as part of a months long antigovernment protests many on a sanchez reports from when i go. after more than fifteen hours and students at me again i was national antonymous university were freed. the cardinal . with the release with gunmen. who pleaded for her life during the siege came out alive. we fought back with stones and mortars but they shot at us with high caliber weapons a k forty seven and i don't know what else the priest come about with a white flag to ask the ceasefire. this student says they all thought they would be killed. at some point we didn't have any more mortars or molotov cocktails to respond with i didn't think we'd come out alive. for hours families sang and

prayed the access near the church was blocked by police while heavily armed gunmen shot at the students. it was a desperate wait to see their children florida maria says she's also afraid because her home has been under attack these past days. and see what the barrier their last hours have been tragic we haven't slept or eaten but we were at on a grateful to god our children only wanted which forms. the government calls protesters terrorists and coup plotters it blames them for the deaths of policemen in three months of bloody confrontations around the country but rights groups say the majority of attacks are perpetrated by government forces the seed has left many got one family's devastated but the question is whether the government will continue with the use of force or will sit at the negotiating table

this week. cardinal brain is said this by the curry has also been targeted they want to resume peace talks between protesters and the government on tuesday however they are worried about the safety of the students and their families. we will also continue to conduct negotiations with the government so the lives of the students and that of the families are respected. but the lives of the students and their families may continue to be a risk for protesters say they will continue to fight to topple president than a lot bigger. and well government forces do nothing to arrest the government in plain clothes and heavily armed shoot in plain daylight with impunity. i guess sanchez i just see them and now when he got out. the spanish coast guard has rescued three hundred forty refugees and migrants from the strait of gibraltar one hundred children are among those found on twelve around one thousand nine

hundred thousand have arrived in spain from north africa since the start of this year almost as many arrived in the country and twenty seventeen. funerals have been held in pakistan for some of the one hundred twenty eight victims killed in a suicide bombing join election rally they included a candidate for provincial office more than three hundred people were injured in friday's blast caretaker prime minister nasser moloch has announced a day of mourning on sunday the army says it will deploy more than three hundred seventy thousand troops to polling stations across the country for the general election in two weeks. now the number of civilians killed in afghanistan has hit a record high that's according to the united nations attacks like the one in jalalabad last week accounted for most of the casualties they've already been three attacks there this month the capital kabul has seen several bombings this year targeting security forces and hotels. at least one thousand six hundred ninety two people were killed in the first six months of this year and the number of wounded

civilians is double that number the u.n. mission in afghanistan says most civilians were killed or injured in suicide bombings and attacks involving several fighters including the taliban an eyesore and the u.n. expects the violence to get worse with elections coming up in october more than three hundred civilians have already been killed or injured in election related violence. an international rights group has accused the egyptian government of using counter-terrorism and state of emergency laws to crackdown on opposition human rights watch report says the laws were especially abused in the run up to and after the march presidential election it accuses egyptian police and security forces of arresting critics of the fatah has sisi as he ran for another term in office human rights watch says egyptian police exploited security threats to arrest peaceful government critics around the time of the presidential election in march and journalists and activists have also been targeted according to the rights group

it is also it also accuses the west of quote looking the other way as egypt quote combines a bad law with unjust courts of flooding and heavy rains are affecting many parts of nigeria dozens of people have been killed and as amended writs reports now crops have been lost raising fears of a food shortage. mordred she's a community in mourning sixteen people from this village recently died in a boat accident that was caused by two racial rains or moto worker survived the accident but the death of his brother means he will have to take on the additional responsibility of looking after the large family he left behind two wives and sixteen children or danger gravel monotony for ten years we've witnessed floods but this year's is the most tragic we lost a brother most of us can find many more even if you wanted to. all of the victims

are buried in the cemetery near the village this is a sport where thirty nine farmers were killed just a few days ago there were troubling in an all well ordered wooden board like this one when it sank and many are still missing locals here say the floods and death and that are also affecting agricultural production despite the devastating loss mahamudra nicky ses already back at work after losing a large chunk of his farm in the flooding he really has no time to mourn the loss of three family members. when i think. we've lost twenty hectares of farmland including the crops the losses are huge i can't afford to take a break his priority is to grow food for the family now he would have to replant his crops if he is to harvest enough many pharmacy actually depend on rain to help produce crops. the situation in what i just repeated in many farming communities throughout nigeria and experts are warning that more heavy rains are in the

forecast the question is what it will have effect on agricultural productivity and the quantity of profit that will be produced farming is only means of survival of these people and if it continue yet in year out with out me to get in the menace of this flood in. definitely push curity situation will deteriorate as the rain speak in a few weeks time many farming communities living in nigeria. are bracing for more losses why do implications on the country's agricultural output. al-jazeera more dutch. this is agitator let's get around now at the top stories a curfew has been imposed in the iraqi city of basra that's after police use water cannons and tear gas on

protesters who tried to storm a government building people have been demonstrating of the past week against high living costs and a lack of basic services. i would just hours away from the world cup final where france and croatia will take the field in moscow for football's biggest prize elsewhere moscow russia's president and qatar as emir along with the first president were on hand for the official handover of the next world cup to qatar it will host the tournament in twenty twenty two. it is so important that we can be here together today in this iconic place in the kremlin to mark a pass of a ball from the organizers of twenty eight into the organizer of twenty twenty two world cup this is football it is passion it is emotion it is love it is family it is unity and.

these sentiments that we have been feeling here in russia we transferred them to qatar. israel has reportedly accepted an egyptian brokered cease fire with hamas after the latest round of violence in gaza on saturday israel launched what it says were the most powerful daytime airstrikes since the twenty fourteen gaza war at least two palestinian teenagers were killed. haiti's prime minister has resigned after days of violent protest against a plan to remove fuel subsidies jackie elephantine stepped down even though he abandoned the proposal. rebels in southern syria say jets have been bombed in opposition held town in connecticut province it is the first strike in a year a convoy of humanitarian aid has reached government held parts of southwest syria three thousand food parcels were dropped off in towns in that our province the government recaptured most of the area from rebels after

a two week bombing campaign the fighting forced about three thousand people to leave their homes or those are the headlines we're back in half an hour right now it's inside story. saudi arabia ras a prominent cleric and his sons accusing him of criticizing the ruling family it's part of a number of recent of blasts of activist a religious leader but how far will this crackdown go this is inside story.

hello and welcome to the program. authorities in saudi arabia have arrested prominent preacher and suffer just days after he published a book criticizing the ruling family three of his sons abdullah abdullah and ibrahim were also detained rights groups say on. reportedly taken into custody while attending a family wedding on wednesday while how ali and his son ibrahim were arrested the following morning how early became known almost three decades ago as the leader of the software movement which advocated for democracy in saudi arabia he was previously detained for opposing the ruling family saudi arabia and the crown prince what. has launched a crackdown against activists religious figures and opponents in recent months. in october the crown prince badge to return his country to what he called moderate

islam and cracked down on those he accused of extremism he said we only want to go back to what we were moderate islam that is open to the world open to all religions seventy percent of the sunday people are less than thirty years old and quite frankly we were not waste thirty years of our lives in dealing with extremist ideas we will destroy them today in september saudi authorities arrested dozens of clerics activists have posted a list of people who have been detained on social media including a prominent preacher man allowed and our then got in the allowed one who has fourteen million followers on twitter was allegedly detained over his tweets supporting mediation in the crisis between saudi arabia and qatar the us were made had of demonstrations organized by exiled opposition figures but didn't attract much support because of heavy security measures human rights watch has can down the

arrest coordinated crackdown on dissent saying the fit a pattern of human rights violations against peaceful advocates and dissidents. let's bring in our panel joining us from istanbul. election id in university in beirut and i mean corey a senior fellow at the american university of beirut and in london say the she hobby comest with a newspaper welcome to all. worth a scathing remarks that someone how early made in his recent book the main reason why his injury or it was just the tip of the iceberg were the crackdown on dissent didn't start with the the captive the caption the rest of suffer and how ali it started. when the crown prince started the crackdown

on all the dissent on all the freedom of speech it is a matter of reform but it is a matter of superficial proof or reform what he is doing on the ground is completely contradicting what he's preaching day and night that the new brand the new cound brands is trying to bring more freedom to the to saudi arabia but by doing these kind of arrests by this kind of crackdown on the dissent it seems that he is not doing it in the right way still he didn't scratch the surface of the freedom he is on the other hand following the very word of advice that was given by his godfather mohamed bin zayed in the united arab emirates when he told him if you want to speed up your way to the throne you need to open communication channel with israel from the one hand from the other hand you need to diminish the end fluence of the religious establishment in saudi arabia and that's exactly what's he doing

and still continuing to rami is this part of the same pattern we've seen over the last year which is basically targeting prominent. outspoken clerics in saudi arabia yes clerics journalists woman business people and independent thinkers who give a viewpoint that is not in line with the government's views whether it's about israel or about the u.s. or yemen or qatar whatever it may be and the strong the striking thing about what. had been said a man is doing as the vast scope of the reforms as he calls them the reforms that he's trying to do and they are genuine reforms in many ways especially in terms of more private sector involvement in the in the economy and things like that but it's so comprehensive that it is has put control of every aspect of life media politics

military economy religion social norms every aspect of life is in the hands of the crown prince so this is following the pattern of assisi in egypt and that duffy in libya before and so dump listen and this is troubling because saudi arabia never had this kind of leadership before so this is and keeping with what he's been doing and the real significance of this is that there are two areas a we really don't know what people's views are one is in the whole religious establishment and the second one is really in the public as a whole including the business establishment people are afraid to speak out now because they've seized they see what happens to people who speak differently than the than the government and therefore there's a lot of uncertainty in terms of how much support is there for these reforms and that the terrible irony is that saudi arabia or needs to make reforms some of the reforms that have been identified or so are really very very sensible and needed

but most of what has been going on is dropping confidence in the ability of the government to bring about ok it's reforms including now the apparent delay of the around co privatization which is. the centerpiece of this chill saeed. subtle how wily rose to prominence in the eighty's when he launched the software movement wish presented itself as an alternative to the salafist trick of islam is this a rast the sign that the government is determined to clamp down on somewhat because of its so-called affiliation with the muslim brotherhood. thank you very much i think this is a symbol to a people or to. assume. somebody new designs in the kitchen of this third or the problems being faced by. the sentiment is at war with everybody is at war with his own people with it on the

family in those holy household with his neighbors with. theirs is. understands he's at war and yet ready. here at war with the people of the awareness of the sabbath and. of course he is at war with the other is of course that is what will iran but it is. going to fit in a strong friendship with it is at the forefront of so think. legion now we even have to be all over people whether in saudi arabia. in egypt or in yemen we all have to pay the price of this interesting that up and how to do that then it's just water so i think it was a photo it is just another big there. who is being invaded by

outside force ahamed wasn't this going to be evident which is a man has a reform as crown prince of saudi arabia the religious establishment is the most powerful and ultimately of the the clash was going to be an evident one day on another. well hashem i'd like to be the advocate of the devil if you will but they mind is if he's trying to do this kind of reform he is doing what his previous services used to do like this kind of clashes between the royal family and the religious establishment it was a kind of a catholic marriage to some extent but on the other hand behind the scenes you would have this kind of conflict but they were dealing with it in a subtle cautious measures in order not to anger the religious establishment because there's still so m flew until on the ground but now what that mohammed bin so man is trying to do here is trying to appease many establishment many people in

different places here trying to appease israel from the one hand he's trying also to appease the luby's in the united states and he is trying to make they you know the business people the investors in the west as in general as happy as he can because he wants more investment in eurabia in order to meet the ambitious aspirations that he has so in order to do this he thinks that this kind of a completely disregarding or completely you know like containing the role of the religious establishment would lead to this kind of convincing the west that he is the right person to do this business but on the other hand they guy is not doing it in the sutton way as his predecessors used to do it he's doing it take x. implicit late and that would anger the popular the population in saudi arabia that would anger the salafist because they come out you know like promote their policies

he's going to these people that would lead to a kind of radicalization among young people i would like to follow up on that particular idea that you've been talking about and let me go to rami i mean isn't there any concern of a media is can confrontation. when the compas one has been selling men and the religious establishment which has been one of the keep pellets of the salad dynasty well he has clearly indicated that he is going to change the way the religious establishment the formal one as well as the informal one how they operate and he wants them to operate under his guidance and his control many of them would be willing to do that you know all over the world most religious establishments the formal friday preachers in the mosques are under the authority of the ministry of our cough and religious affairs many of them have their sermons given to them by the government so there's a tradition of religious establishment being kind of quietest and going along with

the ruling political authority and they they help each other so there's probably a many in the religious establishment saudi arabia who don't mind going along with the with the government but at the way that he has done to do unilaterally cracking down arresting very popular people like how i live and like all of the others so that the manner in which he is doing this is going to possibly be troubling for him and then the really the critical issue remains we don't know if members within the royal family may be upset about this as well because the whole decision making process of the last eighty ninety years or so do state a modern statehood has been upset by this one man he decided he's going to make decisions and not to have consensus and deliberation and quiet majority asians among the family and so we'll see there's so many unknowns now that are that are there saeed of on the whole he has just said that mohammed the somebody is

upsetting an order that has been going on for quite some time in saudi arabia sounded with its wealth its influence has been priding itself on being the protects adults.